Restoration work on Jerusalem’s walls complete A five-year repair project, the first in nearly a century, saw the city’s 2.5 miles of Ottoman walls cleaned and restored — including gates ...

Whatever the reason, the Old City of Jerusalem has been completely enclosed in strong, decorative walls since the 16th century. Four kilometers in length, the walls are 12 meters high, studded ...

They pass through the Dung Gate, the closest entrance to the holy place, and Jewish families on their way to celebrate a 13-year-old son's Bar Mitzvah can be spotted making their way to the wall.

Walking tall atop the walls of Jerusalem There’s no better way to see the city — old and new — than from the ramparts that date back 500 years to Suleiman the Magnificent’s restoration ...

Jerusalem Post Sights and Insights: Living walls of Jerusalem Independence Day is a great time walk atop the Old City's walls, especially above the Zion Gate with its pockmarked scars. By WAYNE ...

Jerusalem’s third wall was constructed by Judean King Agrippa I in 40 C.E. The wall had been designed to surround a suburb known as Beit Zeta, which had developed north of the city.

As it winds around the hills of East Jerusalem, the barrier dips beyond Israel's boundaries for the Jerusalem municipality and into the West Bank, so that some 60,000 to 70,000 West Bank ...

Jerusalem’s Western Wall is the holiest site where Jews are allowed to pray; millions of worshipers and tourists visit it each year. But to get to the site from the adjacent Jewish Quarter ...

Israel is preparing a plan reportedly meant for renovating sections of the occupied Old City of Jerusalem, including opening a gate in the City’s walls for the first time since 1898.The plan was ...

Jews, Muslims and Christians pass daily through the gates of Jerusalem's Old City, on their way to and from prayers or simply to go about their everyday business in one of the most politically ...